The Convention People’s Party (CPP) claims it is resolved to overcome internal squabbles in order to fully prepare for and win the 2024 General Election.
As a result, the Party’s leadership has called to the rank and file to act in the interests of the CPP.
The prospect of not being able to participate in the presidential election was a “pressing headache” for the CPP, according to Sylvester Soprano Sarpong, Communications Director of the CPP, but he was optimistic the Party could organize itself in time to win the December 7 vote.
“We are determined to go to the polling station this year and vote for the CPP presidential candidate. We are not going to sit down to let anybody divide the Party to prevent us from going to the presidential polls,” he said.
“It is a pressing concern for us that we have elements within the Party and their actions are leading us on a road not to participate in the General Election,” he stated.
The CPP’s General Secretary, National Organiser, National Youth Organiser, National Treasurer, and National Women’s Organiser were all said to have resigned during a National Executive Committee meeting in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, in December 5, 2023, which called for their resignations.
As a result, a “Interim Council” was created to replace the National Executive and handle the Party’s activities.
However, Sarpong stated that the activities of the alleged Interim Council were illegitimate and asked Party members, particularly those in the areas, to avoid what he called “intimidation” by members of the purported body.
He stated that Nana Akosua Frimpomaa remained the CPP’s Chair and Leader, and that the other executive members were trying to reconcile the Party’s rank and file.
“Until the determination of the matter by the High Court, Nana Frimpomaa remains the Chair and Leader of the CPP,” he stressed.
Sarpong stated that the Party had appointed certain members to fill empty national executive posts and that those officials were working hard to guarantee that the Party was adequately equipped for the 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.